To What Do You Pledge Your Honor? | The View from Above
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🗓️ 31 May 2021
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Summary
“As the Founders signed the Declaration of Independence, they knew that this wasn’t some painless petition. This wasn’t some minor political stand. No, they knew, as they wrote, they were mutually pledging their “life, fortune, and sacred honor.” It was a cause they were willing to give everything for—even die for.”
Ryan challenges you to question where your honor lies, and reads this week’s meditation from The Daily Stoic Journal, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic podcast early and add free on Amazon music download the app today |
| 0:12.1 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast each day. We bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics |
| 0:19.2 | Illustrated with stories from history |
| 0:21.2 | Current events and literature to help you be better at what you do and at the beginning of the week |
| 0:26.1 | We try to do a deeper dive setting a kind of Stoic intention for the week something to meditate on something to think on |
| 0:33.1 | Something to leave you with to journal about whatever it is you happen to be doing |
| 0:37.6 | So let's get into it |
| 0:44.1 | To what do you pledge your honor as the founder signed the Declaration of Independence |
| 0:50.1 | They knew that this wasn't some painless petition. This wasn't some minor political stand |
| 0:56.0 | No, they knew as they wrote that they were mutually pledging their life fortune in sacred honor |
| 1:02.5 | It was a cause they were willing to give everything for even die for |
| 1:08.0 | This idea of sacred honor a full commitment is worth considering today here on Memorial Day as we honor and think about |
| 1:16.4 | Those men and women who died while serving in the United States armed forces |
| 1:21.3 | Because here in the modern world |
| 1:22.9 | It's never been easier to jump on a bandwagon with a hashtag or post a picture |
| 1:28.1 | It's never been easier to spout off on this argument or that one |
| 1:32.0 | It's also never been more common to declare oneself a victim of cancel culture or of persecution |
| 1:38.3 | When one undergoes even the slightest consequences for their actions |
| 1:42.3 | People stormed the United States capital because they were angry about losing a free and fair election |
| 1:48.8 | And even so they tried to invoke the mantle of the founders |
| 1:52.5 | Not only were they wrong and evil |
| 1:54.6 | But then they whined like babies when they were maced by officers who really were |
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